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Monday, March 3, 2014

It's Monday! What are you reading?

It's Monday! What are you reading? is a meme hosted by Sheila at Book Journeys. Jen Vincent over at Teach Mentor Texts and Kellee Moye from Unleashing Readers decided to put a children's and YA spin on it and they invite anyone with an interest to join in. You can participate by creating your post then visit one of their sites to add your site. Finally, visit at least three participant blogs and comment to spread the love.

If you want to know more about what I am reading, visit me at my Goodreads shelf. Images via Goodreads unless otherwise noted.

The Past Week:

Picture Books

Young Adult

This was a good reading week with many enjoyable reads. I especially liked reading The Archived as part of the Batty About Books online book club. The cover is mysterious and intriguing just like the book. I am still working on the Diversity on the Shelf Challenge and Latinos in Kid Lit also. It is so cool to find so many titles that are new to me.

The Coming Week:

I am listening to The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of her own Making when I am in my car. It is a book I abandoned at one time, but maybe on audio I will make it through. I have some Nerdybookclub friends who loved it, so I am giving it another shot. While I am running, I am listening to Son of a Witch - another book that I abandoned in the past when reading in print. I am also reading a memoir called Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog which is interesting. I like hearing a first-hand account of some of the AIM activities. Also, we spent time in the Badlands a few summers ago and will be returning again this summer. I like knowing some of the history of the area we will be passing through on our way to visit family. I also just started reading Akata Witch. I am loving it so far. What are you reading? Have a great week.

I do that with audiobooks too--sometimes a book I just couldn't get through reading it myself will really come to life for me on audio. (I also abandoned Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland, so maybe I'll try on audio too!) I live about two hours from the Badlands! It's an amazing area of the country, isn't it? (I moved here, temporarily I thought, to teach in Pine Ridge and ended up staying.)

The Girl who circumnavigated fairyland is our book of the month for my adult book club. I borrowed all three books in the series from our library, hoping that I can get through all of them before our meeting during the last week of March. So far, I've been reading great reviews from book club members who are reading it. I hope that this time around would be better for you. :)